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THE JUDITH HAP JOURNAL
S. J. SMALL
Published every Friday ill the Journal building,
Judith (lap. Meagher county. Montan«.
Oubscription rate. tJ.oO a year in advance: other
wise «-'.50.
Year y advertising rate. JO cents an inch. Short
time rate. 35 cents an inch each insertion.
Entered as second-class matter. Hecemher 11. 1908.
at the ijostoffice at Judith (lap. Montana, under
the Act of March 3,1870.
Judith Gap, Meagher county, Montana, lo
cated in the center of the largest and most
prolific winter wheat region in the world, is
on the Great Northern and Milwaukee rail
roads, 1193 miles west of St. Paul, 175 miles
east of Helena, the state capital, and 248
northwest of Butte, the greatest mining camp
on earth; 120 miles east of Great Falls, the
Pittsburg of the west; 114 miles west of Bil
lings, the sugar beet citv; and 1095 miles east
of Seattle, the key totlie Orient.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Treasurer.
I hereby aimonm'e my self as a camlidate for
Treasurer «if Wheatland County on tlie Demo
cratic ticket.
— Henry Danins.
For Sheriff.
I desire to announce t«> the voters ot Wheatland
county that l am a candidate lor the ofliee 01
sheriff of the proposed new county.
— K. M. Jeni /eu.
For County Attorney.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for
the nomination of County Attorney subject to
the will of the Republican voters of the proposed
county of Wheatland at the piimaries on the
JStli «lay of Februar >, l dc.
William C. Husband»
For County Attorney.
I herein announce myself as a candidate for I
County Attorney for the new county of Wheat- |
lam!, on the Republican ticket.
— Kobt. N. Jones.
l-or Sheriff.
1 desire to resveetfull. immmncc myself ns :i
candidate for tbe oITtee nf Sheriff of Wheatland
county subject to the will of the Démocratie
voters at the primaries,
—Aaron Ray.
Fur Clerk and Recorder.
I beretO announce my candidacy for the Re
publican nomination for Clerk and Recorder for
Wheatland county, ami rcspertfulb solicit the
votes of no friends nt tiic primary <m February
js, lyi.t,
—C. A. Hubbard.
MONTANA'S DISGRACE.
Montana is tt:n* of tin* richest statt-s
in tin* iiiiicii. Tinte will deinonutiate,
wlieit all titc nsi t tirai îesomccn arc
fully developed; when oil wells are
flowing, and the untold ininentl tle
posits are being worked fo iheir lull
est extent, the state will advance lo
the head of all oilier slates in mater
ial wealth. During the next IV w
years thousands and thousands ol
people will tlnek Itt Montana to en
jjatre in Tanning and manufacturing
industries ami it will not Jit* loop un
til tin* state has a population second
to none.
Kvery four years a governor ol the
htutc is elected and is given a salary
of s.vnnn a year. lie is expected to
represent the state at social tavelions
at home and abroad in a manner be
fitting the third lamest state in the
union in size, and the wealthiest in a
material way. To start with hr has
to rent a mansion befit i mg his oihce
as iiis oilicial residence, and to do
this it will rci|tiire tin* expenditure
of at least one-half his salary pet
year. lie is expected to crtv* enter
tainments during his term of oiiice
that will consume tin* remainder of
his salary. If In* unes away from
home on business pertaining to the
development id' his state lie is allow
ed his transportai hm and s-juo for in
cidental expenses.
It will he seen from this that no
tine except- a inilliomire can really af
ford to accept 11 it* governorship.
(Jovernor Norris had money when
he was elected governor. He left the
oGice it poor man. And no head of
any state did more to advance the
material interests of this commou
weallli than di-l tiovernnr Norris.
In bis trips throughout the east on
the governor's special and at the na
tional convention of governors, lie at
tracted more attention to the irreal
possibilities of Iiis slate, both to
capital and those who were seeking
farm homes, than all the advertising
tlie state has done through the chan
nels of commercial bodies, railroads
and new spapers combined. A n d
during all this time the state made
him pay rent for his ollh-ia! residence.
«Jovernor Stewart is a poor man.
lie w ill tie expected to do as well as
his predecessor in entertaining and
attracting capital and settlers, and j
unless the present legislature buys a
home which will he known as the
governor's mansion and furnish and |
maintain it. he will quit the office j
inttelt poorer thpn when he began Iiis ,
term.
Governor Toole, the lirst governor i
of the state, was sufficiently wealthy i
to erect a magnificent mansion and i
maintain it during Iiis several terms !
without any cost to the state. This j
building is now for sale, and the ;
present legislature should purchase j
it for tlie use of its governors, and j
wipe out Montana's disgrace i u !
standing before the world as too pov- j
erty stricken to get into the class of j
the smallest and poorest slates in tlie j
union. II should allow a sufficient j
sum w ith which to maintain Hu* resi- j
deuce to at least partly cover the ex- i
pense of the entertainments which
a governor's position demands from
him socially, and allow him more
than sc'oo for expenses on his trips to
tlie governor's national conventions.
Montana is going to add millions of
dollars to its wealtli during the next
few years, and we want our governor
to help bring this about. At home
or abroad w*e do not want him to take
a hack seat on account of a lack of
money and we do not want him to
impoverish himself in representing
us as w e should he represented.
It is hnp*d the present legislature
will at least pu reluise a home for its
governors, and remove the humilia
tion from them of being compelled to
spend a I trge portion of their salar
ies in paying rent.
FOR A CREAMERY.
As will lie noticed from announce
ment on the lirst page of tliis week's
Journal, a meeting of tlie Society of
Kquity is called for Saturday, Febru
ary loth, for the purpose* of discuss
ing tlie proposition of establishing a
creamery in Judith Gap Ibis spring.
This is a movement that all tlie
farmers living in tlie Judith (Jap ter
ritory are vitally interested in, and
tlie meeting should lie largely attend
ed.
A creamery established at tills
point will mean permanent success
to the farmer. It will mean a steady j
monthly cash income to all who want !
to engage in milking cows, raising !
poultry and hogs. At the present j
time there are over 200 cows being I
milked in this immediate territory j
and it is a hard matter to lind a
market for hatter. The same is true j
of poultry and eggs, while there is j
very little market for hogs unless by
the earload, and very few individual :
: farmers care to go into hog raising >
■ on a large scale. With the establish- j
nient of a creamery, more Imgs will '
lie raised, and tin* creamery can lind
Î a ready outlet for hogs where an in
dividual cannot. The creamery pro- j
. position can he enlarged to such an
extent as to allow the marketing of
all stiill raised on tlie farm.
Of course, we can go on raising j
w heat, three crops in live ysars, and [
I to he able to pay the interest cm the !
! mortgages, hut the surest way to pay !
tin* interest and priueipal is to diver
sify. With the cow on the farm and
a ready market for the cream, tin*
: farmer will not he compelled to ask :
iiis grocoryman fur credit. he can pay |
cash fur all his necessities, pay tlie
mortgage off before it is due, and
have money in the bun'« at all times.
And this is tin* proper time to dis
cuss tin* project of a creamery. Those
who intend to put in sitting crops,
can arrange to make them forage
crops and feed them on tlie farm. If
the proper interest is displayed by
tin* farmers at the meeting on the tôt h
of February, there will he a way
found whereby those who are not
liiiaiieiallv able to liny good milk
cows at tIiis time to secure same,
and get into the prosperity game
right.
It must lie remembered that tin*
railroads running through Wheat
land county, t m it improvements, and
thcN. I', lands will pay a big share
of the taxes in the new countv.
Then there is the property in tlie
towns. Soil will be seen that the
farmers will not he taxed to death,
as some unjustIv claim, even if the
ta\ es will he higher, which they will
not he.
lli-nrv l.anius, démocratie candi
date for county treasurer of Wheat
land fount, seems to have no opposi
tion lor this office. Henry is fully
capable of filling the position.
English Lntheran Services.
Sunday next. Fell, Pth, HUS, at *2:so
1 ». tu. 1 shall conduct Knglish Luth
eran Services at Judith Gap. Services
will he held in tlie Congregational
church. A cordial invitation is ex
tended 1 o all.
— Kev. Faul K. Meyer.
Mr. and Mrs, O. F. Deyartnon and
sons left for I.ewistown last Satur
day where Mrs. Deyartnon will take
charge of the Diamond Hootning
house. Mr. Deyanuon will spend a
few days assisting tlie family in get
ting settled.tlien lie will return to (lie
Gap to look after his various inter
■ ests.
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•BACK TO
THE FARM
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VI. — Farming — The Young
Man's Opportunity.
Ey C. V. QRÄGORY.
(Copyright, lido. k' A marteau Pros* Amo
eiRllofi.]
the young man on the thresh
old <>r life the question of
"What shall I do with my
self V" ew mes demanding an
answer. During the past fifty years
the call of the city to the ambitious
young man has becu insistent. Today
tlie country is calling for tnen with
ambition and energy and faith in Us
possibilities. To such men it offers un
equaled opportunities.
The- opportunities of the farm are
not limited In size or extent. The
young man with capital who in looking
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TOVSO FARMER ON HIS WAT TO MARKET
W ITH A LOAD OP 8HKKP.
for a business opening finds It on the
farm. Tlie farm offers him the oppor
tunity to exercise his executive ability
by munagiag broad acres and herds
that number in tbe thousands, if his
taste runs to quality rather than quan
tity it offers him chances in the pure
bred stock business for the broadest
use of his money and talents. There is
no occupation more fascinating than
the molding of living auimuts to make
them conform to an ideal of perfec
tion. There is opportunity {pr long
continued study of blood lines; there
are mouths and years of anxious wait
lug to see the results of the union of
certain families; there are moments of
disappointment wheu an animal fails
to develop as well as expected. Hut
greatest of all is the joy of success
when the breeder's efforts an* crowned
with au animal a little nearer perfec
tion than has lx*eu produced before.
The man who can see such an animal
march out of a crowded shmv ring
with the purple ribbon without a feel
ing that at least in n measure he 1ms
achieved success has ambitions that
are indeed hard to satisfy. The pure
bred business has some pitfalls, but to
the man who enters it with good judg
ment and au ambition to succeed it
offers financial returns that can he ex
ceeded in few other occupations.
To the young man starting without
capital the farm offers unequaled op
portunities. The young man with a
| few- friends and a reputation for in
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dustry and honesty finds it easy to
rent a farm and borrow enough capi
tal to equip it. There is a risk to run.
of course. But wluit is a risk to a
young man with strength and ambi
tion? Well considered risks are essen
tial to success in almost aa.v line, and
to the young farmer they are an incen
tive to greater effort. Now that prices
of farm products have reached a prof
itable level paying off the debt is a
matter of but a few years. Having tlie
farm itself is by no means impossible,
even in the most fertile sections of the
corn belt.
Hundreds of farmers are looking for
managers for farms that vary in size
und equipment to suit tin* fancy of
any one. Tills line offers some of the
greatest opportunities to '.la* young
man without capital. The salaries at
ür-t may seem small as compared with
some of those offered iu the city, Fsit
a!!y 'hey include board and Inciden
tals, however There is n better
ehuip-e to lay up money on the farm
at Sr.il a month than in the < • i t y at
tw ice that amount. For the man who
can "make good" the first year's salary
Is hardly an indication of what is to
follow Most landowners are willing
to advance the salary as fast as the
manager shows ids ability. Heiter yet.
they are willing to intrust more of the
responsibility to ids hands and to give
him more capital, so that he can
achieve greater results, in most cases
after a man has shown what he is
wotth it is easy for him to get a share
of the net profits in addition to his
salary In many cases it is easy to got
in on a partnership basis In either
cast* the manager is as independent a*
if lit- « w in d the farin. and tin* chance*
for tmnucia! success are nearly as
great.
Tlie great advantage of a position of
this t.i: d or. in fact, of any kind of
Term work is that there are so many
chances to invest money as fast as it
is made.
'1 he man on the farm has a dozen
places to invest every dollar. This in
itself is a big incentive to saving, and
saving means prosperity for both the
individual and the nation. The invest
ment which offers the greatest return*
ts farm land. Kven in those localities
when- land is now worth considéra l»lJ
more t 1am «i Slot) au acre tbe price •lx»h
la yet far from being reached. There
is little chance to tone niouey on land
provided It la wisely invested'. It t* the
lack of kuowledge of what constitutes
a good farm that make* land an tin
aafe investoieut for the city man
Abere may be some honest land
ageuts. but ttu fortunately they have m.
trademark to distluguiab them from
the other variety. To buy land wltn
out seeing It la a painless way of part
ing with liHrd earned money. As tor
the promised profits, they usually finu
their way to the pockets of the laud
agetn. leaving the iuvesior a sadder
and wiser tunu.
Between liHX) and 100 « the average
increase In the value of the farm land
In the United States was 3S per cent.
Between 11)00 and Kiln much of the
Ittnd in the western part of Hie Missis
sippi valley doubled in value. With «
system of farming that keeps up the
fertility prices will go higher rather
than lower
The mau who owns a farm has con
• tniml opportunities to put bis money
iuto better fences, better stock and
lietter buildings He Itus opportunities
to invest in more luud at home or far
ther west.
From a financial standpoint fanning
offers opportunities to young men that
are duplicated in few other callings.
Farming as a profession is new. and
Its ranks are still far from full. The
young farmer Is uot entering an over
crowded calling where he must com
bine with his fellows and lioost prices
unnaturally In order to make a bare
living. In agriculture there are room
and opportunity for all. The country
is throbbing with the vitality of a new
awakened life. The password is ambi
tion, and the reward Is success.
It is not the call of money alone that
Is turning the ambitious young man
to the farm. .A calling time can offer
no reward but a financial one Is scarce
ly worthy of the name. The chief call
of the city has been the call of the dol
lar combined with the call of the
crowd. Better roads and it denser pop
ulation have enabled the country to
offer a social life which is superior to
that of the city. Higher prices and
scientific methods have enabled it to
duplicate the linancial rewards of the
city, in addition, it offers to the young
man tlie opportunity to live the broad
est. fullest life of which he is capable.
It offers bim a business be can call Ida
own and an Independence which he
could gain in tlie city only after a life
time of toll. The greatest need of
most rural communities just now is
leaders—men who can demonstrate on
their own farms the possibilities of
scientific agriculture: men who under
stand the possibilities and the need of
a broader community life.
Tbe stories of some of the young
men who heeded the call of the coun
try and gave themselves to the devel
opment of their community read like
romances. A dozen years or so ago a
little Massachusetts community was on
the dow nhill road. The nearby cities
bad sapped it of its strength and vig
or. Injudicious cropping had taken
away much of tlie fertility of the
soil, and the people had lost all ambi
tion and were content to let tilings
drift from bad to, worse. About tills
time a young man, a son of one of tin*
farmers, graduated from an agricul
tural college. He received a tempting
offer from the department of agricul
ture to take up work at Washington.
A brother in Iowa wrote him a glow
ing invitation to come to tlie fertile
lands of tin* middle west, lie rejected
botli offers and went home.
Tin* most optimistic resident would
have laughed nt tin* idea of there be
ing any opportunity there. Hut tlie
young man went to work. He did not
lecture to tin* neighbors or advise
them lie merely set out to show them
what the Impoverished land was ca
pable of. lie made the old farm pay.
*nd its dilapidation changed to an air
of prosperity. His neighbors gradually
began to follow Ills methods and to
j catch some of Ids spirit. The commit
i ult.v started to go forward instead of
I backward. As soon as he could spare
! tlie time from his farm the young
j farmer set about reorganizing tlie vil
lage school He gave one corner of
of
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rBKIIF. IS NO LINK OF FAliMIMI DOVE F5H
C1NATINO THAN THK llREKDINO Ol [
BRED 1.1 Vk .MOCK
his farm for ;i school garden. lie In
vited tilt* pro.-b-lu*!- ubt to bis r ;• ::.:((
got him out nf tin- atmosphere ot c -::tl
theology into the spirit of livi, a ; ■•■•*.;
ross. The preacher caught tin* - 1.
and the church came to be an :: ■* .»
the forward movement. Graduai!/ t u*
whole community became modern: d.
Tbe people grasped the opportun it it-*
to which they were Idiin) u : : I it stone
one opened their eyes.
The young man who can go into a
community and by his indomitable
courage and strong faith bring about
a change like this has succeeded in
the truest seme of the word It 1*
success of this kind coupled with the
success of a happy life and n comfort
able competence, that tin* country of
fers to the young tnnn today.
SPECIAL TRAINS.
Railroad* Warklng in Caajunotiaa
With Agrieultural Callaga Ex
tension Dapartmanto.
During th* past throe year* th* rail
road com pan la« in different parts of
the ceuntry have beea giving apeciai
attention t* th* running of special
traîna. Thea* special traîna are for
the purpoae *f giving the farmers in
formation regarding th* production of
live stock end graine ef all kind*.
Recently, in th* state of Iowa, th*
Rock Island railroad equipped a train
for the purpose of giving the farmers
information as regarda to the raising
of hogs. After this train had run
through s portion of Iowa it waa tak
en on to Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Texas. In fact the train was rua
throughout the Rock Island system.
The exleualon department of each of
these states co-operated with the rail
road and aided In making these trips
a grand success.
During the past year another trala
was run In a different part of the state
of Iowa and the lectures were devoted
to tbe improvement of the baeon hog.
The train was known as the "Break
fast Bacon Special." Speakers from
the extension department at the Iowa
State college did most ot the talking.
Their talk« were brief, concise and te
the point, and a large amount of in
formation was given te the farmers
wherever the train happened to stop.
There bae been considerable dis
cussion regarding the relative merits
of these special trains. Some people
say that it Is not possible for the
farmer to gain much information by
listening to a lecture upon any one
topic. However, we find (that these
trains are doing a wonderful amount
of good. It may be true that the farm
er may not get much information from
listening te one of these talks, hut he
will beccme enthused and If any ques
tions come up later he will send them
In to people who are well versed in
that special type of farming.
Last June the Northern Pacific Rail
way company. In connection with the
Montana Farmers' Institute, ran a
"Better Farming Special" across th#
state of Montana. This farta was
taken to nearly ail parts of th* coun
try into which the Northern Pacifie
lines are extended. The talks were
along the lines of dry farming, irriga
tion farming, live stock and diseases
and insects. A specialist along each
one of these lines devoted bis entire
time to questions and giving out Infor
mation regarding these topics. Ko
«•oubt the value of thiR train wlU he
felt for a number of yean. At the
present time It has been rumored that
there will be another special train
sometime during the preseat year. It
Is hoped that these trains will meet a
large number of people end that It
will he possible to give the farmers a
valuable amount of Information.—IF.
F. Patterson, Montana Agricultural
College
The best to be had in wines liquors and cigars
COMMERCIAL BAR
Under New Hanagement
Pursuing entirety new and up-to-date policies
G. A. RAY, Proprietor
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Judith Gap Meat Market
J. E. SODEN
Paid for Ducks and Chickens per ponnd live wt. . . 8 l*2c
Turkeys per pound live wt..........10c
Dry Hides per pound......13c
Qreen Hides per pound.....6 l*2c
George Chaussee
DRAY UNO AIND TRANSFER
Coal delivered to any part of the city from either Montana
Lumber Co., or from McCaulLWebster Elv. Co.
LET ME DO YOUR DRAYINU.
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Col. C. H. Kelley
Everybody s Auctioneer
Satisfaction Absolutely Guaranteed
Oates can be arranged at the Journal oihce or phone me at
HOBSON. MONTANA
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Wheat, No. I Nor................ 62
Wheat, No. 1 Turkey..............62
Flax (per bu.)...................1.00
Barley (per mo)................... 66
Oats (per 100)....................1.26
Eggs............................ 40
Butter............................86
Potatoes ..(per loot...............1-00
Notice For Publication.
Department of the Interior, f. S. I.aml Office,
at I.ewistown. Montana. Jan. 8. 1913.
Notice is hereby given that
Nettle Woodworth,
! of Straw, Fergus County. Montnnu, who on Nov.
j 11,1911, made 11. K. No. , Seriul No. 015950.
for lots 1 . J, e 'i tiw V, . section 19, township 11».
I raiiKe 17e.. in. in., has tiled notice of intention t*
1 make final commutation proof to establish claim
to the laud atmve dcseritied. In-fore W. H, Peck,
r. S. Commissioner, at ('.arneill, Montana, on
! on the lltli dn\ ot Feb. 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses: Joint M. Heng
sten. of (lamed), Montana, and Albert Reticle.
Sebastian (î. Fisher, and Kdward McDonald, alt
.of Judith C.ap, Montana.
—C. K. McKoin. Register
First publication Jan. '.U, 19(3
I.ust publication Feb. 7.1913
DRUGS
That's
about
all,
thank
you.
PIEPHO
Judith Basin Stock
I 1-4 miles
sw of
Beochland
Farm
Owner
G. S. BILLS
Attorney at Law
PRACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS
AND BEFORE U. S. LAND OFFICES
IUDITH GAP
MONTANA